Articles Tagged 'James May'

There are some Homeland viewers who didn’t even know Damian Lewis was, in fact, British. But then they heard his acceptance speeches from the Emmys and Golden Globes, and all of a sudden fans were asking themselves, “What! Who? He is…?” It takes a moment to sink in. Now that you’ve gotten a good feel […]

Tonight sees the return of Top Gear to BBC AMERICA (8:30pm ET) and as usual, they have put a star in their reasonably priced car. This week, the singer-songwriter-popstar Ed Sheeran has the chance to show what he can do around their twisty track, but in a startling break with tradition, Ed is the first […]

“I’m not going to pretend that this is anything but a preposterous machine,” said Richard Hammond of his extended test drive of the brand new Mercedes-Benz G63 6×6 on this week’s show. The car—though you might be tempted to refer to it as a tank—has six wheels, is almost four tons and costs more than […]

It’s hard to winnow down the craziness of another year of Top Gear to just ten moments, but the exigencies of end-of-the-year roundups gave us no choice but to attempt the task. 1. The Africa Special This year, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May took a trip to Africa, and the result was the series […]

Steve Carell says he watches Top Gear “all the time” and wants to be a Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. That’s what he told TopGear.com in an interview to promote his new movie Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Fellow cast members Will Ferrell, David Koechner and Paul Rudd also sat down with TopGear.com: On […]

On this week’s James May’s Man Lab, James takes on game theory. Or, really, game show theory. James sets out to explain the famous “Monty Hall Problem,” the counter-intuitive probability puzzle that sprang from the show Let’s Make a Deal. As you’ll remember, host Monty Hall would tell contestants to select from three doors, behind […]

The phrase “herding cats” is commonly used to describe endeavors in which leaders or managers try to organize or coordinate individuals (like felines) who are inherently unable to be coerced into any sort of group activity. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that herding cats is exactly what James May attempts to do in next week’s […]

Everyone knows Jay Leno is crazy about cars. He owns roughly 200 of them, as you can see on his website Jay Leno’s Garage. So the talk show host was thrilled to be invited to be the very first person, outside of the McLaren company, to drive its new supercar, the P1. And where did […]

On next week’s show, Benedict Cumberbatch takes a swing at Jeremy Clarkson. No need to be worried, however. “He’s not some bar bralwer, not our Benedict,” writes Radio Times. Of course he isn’t. The star of Sherlock and Star Trek was just trying to demonstrate his knowledge of “Hollywood Fu” acting training to Clarkson by […]

“Choosing the car you drive is like choosing your wardrobe, maybe even more important,” Vin Diesel told TopGear.com about Fast & Furious 6. The website says that the 1969 Dodge Daytona that Diesel drives in the movie is the “standout” car of the film, which opens here in the U.S. on May 24. “I felt […]